Austin Pendleton
Director

Austin Pendleton is an award winning actor, director and playwright. In 2007 he was the recipient of a Drama Desk Special Award as Renaissance Man of the American Theatre. Career Highlights Include:

THEATER CREDITS
Directing Broadway:
The Little Foxes (1981, Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton) Tony nominated
Shelter (Musical, 1973) Tony nominated
Spoils of War (1988, Kate Nelligan, Alice Playten) Tony nominated
The Runner Stumbles (1976)

Directing off-Broadway:
Three Sisters (CSC, 2011,Obie Award)
Uncle Vanya (CSC, 2009)
Vieux Carre, Toys in the Attic (both at Pearl Theatre, 2009, 2007)
Say Goodnight Gracie (by Ralph Pape. 1979)

Frequent directing at Williamstown Theatre Festival; former Artistic Director Circle Repertory Company.

Playwright and Actor: Orson's Shadow (Chicago Center for the Performing Arts and Barrow Street Theatre); Booth (Writers' Theater Chicago).

Actor & Director: Chicago’s Steppenwolfe Ensemble (since 1979).
Actor Broadway: The Diary of Anne Frank; Doubles; Hail Strawdyke; Fiddler on the Roof. 


Actor Off-Broadway: The Sunset Limited; Richard II; Hamlet; Richard III; The Last Sweet Days of Isaac; Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad; Mother Courage and Her Children (with Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline).
Actor Regional: King in the Lear, Waiting for Godot (New Repertory Theatre); The Black Monk (Samuel Beckett Theatre); Love Drunk (Abingdon Theatre).

FILM:
Wall Street 2; Picadilly Jim; Dirty Work; Finding Nemo; A Beautiful Mind; Queenie in Love; Manna from Heaven; Mr. and Mrs. Bridge; What's Up Doc; Joe the King; The Associate; Trial and Error; Amistad; Sue; The Muppet Movie, My Cousin Vinny; Christmas with the Kranks.

TELEVISION
Homicide (NBC); Oz (HBO); The Fourth Floor(HBO); Liberty (PBS).

OTHER AWARDS
L.A. Drama Critics Award - Best Writing (Orson's Shadow); Clarence Derwent Award (Hail Strawdyke); Obie Award (The Last Sweet Days of Isaac).

Austin Pendleton was born in Warren, Ohio and graduated Yale University in 1961. He studied acting in NY with Herbert Berghof, Uta Hagen, and Robert Lewis. He apprenticed at Williamstown Theatre Festival.

Other Links:
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0671721/bio
http://americantheatrewing.org/biography/detail/austin_pendleton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Pendleton